“We’re willing to make room for them whenever we can … until they expand or run out of space [for their services],” [Peninsula Temple Beth El COO Blair Brown] said.

Sikhs living in the West Bay sought a closer location to worship than the Gurdwaras located in other cities across the Bay Area. The arrangement to hold services at the synagogue arose through an existing relationship between Gurdwara president Mehar Singh Mahal and Blair Brown, the COO of the Peninsula Temple Beth El.